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2.2 Assignment II (chapters IV-VI)
Active vocabulary:
1) to ruin – to destroy or spoil completely;
2) boathouse – a small building by the water in which boats are kept;
3) accident – something, esp. unpleasant that happens unexpectedly or by chance;
4) loyal – faithful to one’s friends, principles, country etc.;
5) to manage – to be in control or charge of the affairs;
6) solution – an answer to a difficulty or problem;
7) to ignore – to take no notice of something; refuse to pay attention to;
8) to curl – to twist into curls;
9) relief – feeling of comfort at the ending of anxiety, pain, or dullness;
10) to fit – to be the right size or shape( for);
11) anxious – feeling worried and frightened;
12) modesty – the quality, state of being modest, having a lower opinion of one’s
own ability than is probably deserved;
13) sensible – reasonable; having or showing good sense;
14) creature – a person of the stated kind ( often used in expressions of feeling,
esp. sympathy);
15) to hide ( hid, hidden ) – to keep out of sight;
16) to obey – to do what one is told to do;
17) to threaten – to express a threat against someone;
18) to frighten – to fill with fear;
19) disgust – a strong and often seek feeling of dislike caused by an unpleasant
sight, sound, or smell, etc.;
20) to blame – to consider someone responsible for something bad;
21) to swallow – to make this movement of the throat, esp. as a sign of
nervousness;
22) to do something on purpose – to do something intentionally.
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I. Transcribe and translate the words below into Russian:
record, kilometre, breathless, rude, effort, hairpiece, drummer, anger, dustsheet,
comb, drum, dishonest, ugly, approval, arrangement, thief, excuse, to wonder
II. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the words from the active
vocabulary:
1. You’ll …. your chances of the job if you wear that shirt to the interview.
2. Don’t …. me if it doesn’t work – it’s not my fault.
3. I was terribly …. about the children when they didn’t come home from school.
4. Soldiers are expected to …. their orders without question.
5. I didn’t break it on purpose, Mum, it was an …..
6. I …. the broken plate in the drawer.
7. He ….. hard and walked into the interview room.
8. The little girl was ….. by the dog.
9. The poor ….. had no home, family or friends.
10. We bought a second car and it was the ….. to all our problems.
III. Prepare 3 sentences in Russian with the words from the active vocabulary
for your groupmates to translate.
IV. Translate in written form the extract:
Ch.5, p.26 “ Upstairs, there was no sound….. with all the other dead de Winter”
V. Check the meanings of these words in your dictionary:
1) fancy dress
2) modesty
How would you translate these words into your language? Answer these
questions:
When do people in your country wear fancy dress?
Give some examples of clothes that people wear to fancy dress parties?
When are people your age expected to act modestly?
What do you think false modesty means?
VI. Fill in the gaps with the following verbs and give your reasons:
To fit – if clothes fit, they are the right size
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To suit – if a piece of clothing or a type of clothing suits you, it looks good on you
To match – if clothes match each other, they look good together, esp. because they
are a similar colour
1. Short skirts don’t really ….. me.
2. He has put on so much weight that his clothes don’t ….. anymore.
3. I’ve got some blue shoes - now I need a bag to …..
VII. Who or what is being described?
1. You are fresh and young, sensible you have nothing to do with all that time
that has gone
2. She was the most beautiful creature I ever saw in my life
3. I don’t want to be put in the madhouse
4. He had the hot blue eyes of a heavy drinker
5. There were brushes and combs on the dressing table, the bed was made up
6. I shall always blame myself for the accident
7. The preparations went on for the dance
8. He looked up at me, his glass in his hand. All the colour left his face
VIII. Discussion
Describe:
- the ways in which Maxim’s second wife thinks she is not as good as Rebecca
- the qualities that Frank Crawley thinks are important in a wife
- how Maxim, Captain and Mrs. Lacy and Frank Crawley react when Maxim’s
second wife comes down the stairs for the fancy - dress party
Explain:
- how Rebecca died
- why Ben was frightened of Rebecca
- why Maxim does not want Jack Favell at Manderley
- why Mrs. Danvers is so helpful about the fancy - dress dance
Describe Rebecca’s room at Manderley
Imagine you are Maxim de Winter. Describe to your sister your feelings when your
wife came down the stairs at the fancy - dress dance.
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2.3 Assignment III (chapter VII)
Active vocabulary:
1) marriage – the union of a man and woman by a legal ceremony;
2) mist – cloudy air near the ground, made up of very small floating drops of
water, thin fog;
3) to wipe – to rub( a surface or object) with a cloth in order to remove dirt, liquid
etc.;
4) cliff – a high very steep face of rock, ice etc. esp. on a coast;
5) to sink ( sank, sunk ) – to go down below a surface, out of sight, or to the
bottom ( of water);
6) urgent – very important and needing to be dealt with quickly or first;
7) insurance – agreement by contract to pay money to someone if something, esp.
a misfortune, such as illness, death, or an accident, happens to them;
8) to kneel ( knelt, knelt ) – to go down onto or remain on one’s feet;
9) generous – showing readiness to give money, help, kindness etc.;
10) deceit – the quality of being dishonest;
11) fright – an experience that causes sudden fear; shock;
12) to forgive ( forgave, forgiven) – to say or to feel that you are no longer
angry with someone or about something;
13) damage – the process of spoiling the condition or quality of something and
harm or loss that results;
14) to shoot ( shot, shot) – to kill or injure someone by firing bullets from a gun;
15) daybreak – the time of day when light first appears;
16) to cheat – to behave in a dishonest way in order to win an advantage, esp.
in a game;
17) thunder – the loud explosive noise that usually follows a flash of lightning;
18) to swear ( swore, sworn) – to use offensive words that are socially
unacceptable;
19) to decay – to fall to a lower or worse state; lose health, power, activity etc.;
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20) hook – a curved piece of metal used for hanging things on;
21) to find out – to discover a fact that was hidden or not known;
22) inquiry – an attempt to find out the reason for something or how something
happened, usually in the form of official meetings;
23) to lose one’s temper – to become angry.
I. Transcribe and translate the words below into Russian:
explosion, holidaymaker, cruel, fireplace, seed, forehead, castle, bucket, whip,
behaviour, feather, horror, coward, bottom, diver, confident, inexperienced,
colonel, inspector.
II. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with words from the active
vocabulary:
1. I have been trying to ….. her telephone number
2. It’s not ….. ; it can wait until tomorrow
3. The mountain top was covered in …..
4. It was very ….. of you to lend them your new car for their holiday
5. The…… took place in church
6. I’ll never ….. you for what you said to me last night
7. She learnt how to …… a rifle when she was only 10
8. The flood caused serious …… to the crops
9. He was shaking with ……; I thought he must have seen a ghost
10. Hang your coat on the ….
III. Prepare 3 sentences in Russian with the words from the active vocabulary
for your groupmates to translate.
IV. Use your dictionary to check the meaning of these words. Match the
words with the sentences below:
Cliff, Colonel, Inspector
a) you might meet this man at a meeting about careers in the army
b) this man’s office is in the police station
c) you would have a good view of the sea from here
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V. Give synonyms to the following words:
deceit, generous, urgent, fright, cliff
Use as many words as possible in a situation of your own
VI. Fill in the gaps with the following verbs and give your reasons:
To shake – if you shake, you make small quick uncontrolled movements with your
body, for example because you are frightened, nervous or angry
To tremble – to shake very slightly because you are frightened or upset
To shiver – to shake because you are cold
Jane’s lip began to …… and I thought she was going to cry
Julia ….. and pulled her coat more tightly around her
My hands were…… so much I could hardly write my name on the exam paper
VII. Try to remember the following phrasal verbs:
to break out – a) вспыхивать (о пожаре, об эпидемии),
b) взламывать, выламывать что – л.;
to break with – порвать, прервать отношения с кем – л.;
to break up - разбивать что – л. на части, разрушаться;
to break in/into – a) вламываться, врываться куда – л.;
b) взламывать, выламывать что – л.;
Make up 5 sentences of your own with these phrasal verbs.
VIII. Translate the sentences given below into English using phrasal verbs:
1. Мы потеряли ключ и вынуждены были взламывать дверь
2. Как только она вышла замуж, она прервала отношения со мной
3. Мы слышали, как кто- то вламывался в наш дом
4. Дети нечаянно выбили оконное стекло (pane)
5. Они не могли понять, когда вспыхнул пожар
6. Мы должны разбить это задание на две части
XI. Discussion
1. Answer these questions:
Where is Rebecca’s bout found?
Who finds it?
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What is discovered on the floor of the boat?
How did water enter the boat?
2. Explain:
- why Maxim stayed with Rebecca
- why Rebecca went to the cottage so often
- the ‘ deal’ that Maxim had with Rebecca
- what finally persuaded Maxim to kill Rebecca
- how Maxim tried to hide Rebecca’s body
- why Tabb, the boatbuilder, wanted to examine Rebecca’s boat
3. Work in pairs and take the parts of Maxim and his second wife as Maxim tells
her what really happened on the night Rebecca was killed, and she discovers that
he never really loved Rebecca.
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2.4 Assignment IV (chapter VIII)
Active vocabulary:
1) to appear from nowhere – to come into sight suddenly;
2) to inquire – to ask for information;
3) unfair – not just, not honest;
4) to float – to stay on the surface of a liquid without sinking;
5) to damage – to cause damage to;
6) to faint – to lose consciousness unexpectedly;
7) to examine – to look at closely and carefully in order to find out something;
8) to strike – to hit sharply and forcefully;
9) to employ – to give a job to;
I. Transcribe and translate the words below into Russian:
operation, statement, handling, suggestion, successful, boatbuilder, metre, passage,
careless, pointed, painful.
II. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with words from the active
vocabulary:
1. When the dog came towards me I picked up a stick to …… me
2. The young soldier …… in the hot sun
3. It’s very …… that the whole class should be punished because of one person’s
mistake
4. We are trying to ….. the sunken boat
5. I …..the way to the station
6. We ……her as an adviser
7. The building was severely ……by the explosion
8. Smoking can ……your health
9. My luggage was closely ……when I entered the country
10. The ship ……a rock and started to sink
III. You are a newspaper reporter. Write a report about the inquiry for the
next day’s paper.
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2.5 Assignment V (chapter IX)
Active vocabulary:
1) to accuse – to say that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad;
2) to trust – to believe in the honesty and worth of someone or something; have
confidence in;
3) to turn white – to become pale in colour;
4) to get in touch with – to contact, esp. so as to receive information;
5) weak – not strong or firm in character; not determined; not strong enough to
work;
6) to make sense – to have a clear meaning; to be a wise course of action;
7) to put up with – to tolerate; to bear;
8) enemy – a person who hates and opposes another person;
9) congratulations – an expression used when you are congratulating someone on
their success, luck etc;.
10) to congratulate on – to express your pleasure, praise or admiration for someone
because of a happy event or something successfully done;
11) steady – firm or fixed in position, movement, or state; well controlled, not
shaking;
12) murderer – a person who kills illegally and intentionally;
13) to confuse – to cause to be mixed up in the mind; bewilder;
14) to be in someone’s shoes – to be in someone’s situation; experiencing what
someone else has to experience;
15) to remind – to tell or cause someone to remember a fact, or to do something;
16) a crack (of thunder ) – a loud sharp sound;
17) to get involved in – to cause ( someone or oneself) to become connected or
concerned;
18) to destroy – to damage something so severely that it cannot be repaired;
19) witness – someone who is present when something happens, esp. a crime or an
accident;
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20) to amuse – to excite the sense of humour of; to cause to laugh or smile.
I. Transcribe and translate the words below into Russian:
frequently, accusation, murderer, congratulation, lovemaking, anger, feverishly,
desperately, message, appointment, proof, intelligent, relationship.
II. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the words from the active
vocabulary:
1. Why did you lend him all that money? – I …… him.
2. Don’t give me so much information – you ….. me.
3. We …… her on the birth of her daughter.
4. I’ve just passed my driving test! ……!
5. I can’t ….. with the noise from next door’s party anymore. I am going to ask
them to turn the music down.
6. I am trying to …… with my brother; he emigrated to Australia and I lost touch
with him.
7. If I were you I wouldn’t …… in their problems.
8. I am glad I am not in …… just now, with all those debts to pay!
9. No matter how I tried to read it, the sentence didn’t …… to me.
10. Don’t….. me of that awful day – I made such a fool of myself.
III. Fill in the gaps with the following verbs and give your reasons:
To murder – to kill deliberately someone, esp. after planning to do it
To assassinate – to murder an important person, esp. for political reasons
To kill – to make someone die, usually violently
To massacre – to kill violently a large number of people who cannot defend
themselves
Many people do not realize that these drugs are dangerous and can ….
Wilson is accused of …… his daughter and her boyfriend
Hundreds of civilians were…… during a peaceful protest
President Lincoln was….. by John Wilkes Booth
IV. Try to remember the following phrasal verbs:
to put ( someone ) up – to give accommodation
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